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In toilets, pregnant, huge rescues: These are your five must-read snake stories

24 December 2019 - 06:44 By Jessica Levitt
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Wolf and Val Sperryn with snake catcher Nick Evans and the 3.9m python.
Wolf and Val Sperryn with snake catcher Nick Evans and the 3.9m python.
Image: Nick Evans

Snake rescues, huge pythons and snake battles! 2019 has seen epic snake stories dominate our timelines.

These are just five that wowed us this year.

A snake in your toilet?

A deadly boomslang in your toilet? Yup, one was rescued by conservationists in KwaZulu-Natal

A venomous boomslang snake was rescued by the KZN Amphibian and reptile conservation centre last week.
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4 years ago

A cobra under a bonnet

WATCH | A 1.5m cobra rescued from under car's bonnet after two hours

A 1.5m cobra was rescued from under a car bonnet parked in a court compound in western India.
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4 years ago

Snake vs snake

WATCH | Horrifying moment snake eats another snake in India

This is the horrifying moment in which a snake eats another snake in southern India, while two men watch in awe.
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4 years ago

A python and 40 eggs

WATCH | The moment a python and her 40+ eggs were rescued

An amazing rescue of a four-metre python and her 40+ eggs was caught on camera in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on May 12 2019.
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4 years ago

A six-hour rescue

Mammoth 6-hour rescue operation to relocate pregnant 33kg python in Zimbali

A python weighing just more than 33kg has been rescued from the Zimbali Coastal Resort and Estate in KwaZulu-Natal
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4 years ago
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